The Great March Against Gun Violence

“Welcome to the revolution!” That’s what one of the Parkland students said Saturday morning to the massive crowd of one million people in Washington, D.C. who marched along with millions…

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Peace be with you

On the Road to Peace A Monthly Newsletter from Fr. John March, 2018 Dear friends, Peace be with you! I’m now on the road, criss-crossing the country, talking about nonviolence,…

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“The Year of Living Nonviolently” (Feb., 2018)

The Year of Living Nonviolently By John Dear (February, 2018) Once, late at night, shortly before he died, Cesar Chavez tired to explain nonviolence to me. “Active nonviolence requires taking…

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“The Year of Nonviolence or Nonexistence,”

The Year of “Nonviolence or Non-Existence” [www.commondreams.org, Jan. 2, 2018] By John Dear It was early 1968.  Since the previous spring Martin Luther King, Jr. had been pursuing a course…

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They Will Inherit the Earth

Peace & Nonviolence in a Time of Climate Change. To order, go to www.amazon.com or www.orbisbooks.com or call 1-800-258-5838. Advance Praise for “They Will Inherit the Earth”   “If you want to know…

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Radical Prayers

On peace, love and nonviolence. To order, go to www.amazon.com  or www.paceebene.org or call 1-510-268-8765. In this beautiful new book of prayers, Rev. John Dear offers fifty prayers on peace, love and nonviolence…

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A Monthly Newsletter from Fr. John

On the Road to Peace A Monthly Newsletter from Fr. John October, 2017 Dear friends, After hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria devastated the homes and lives of millions, and Trump…

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The Three Steps of Nonviolence

For me, the great question as a Christian is: “How do we follow the nonviolent Jesus more faithfully in this culture of violence and war?” I think about this question…

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